GRAND RAPIDS, MI – On the heels of a federal judge striking down the
state’s panhandling statute, the ACLU of Michigan has sent notices to 84
communities – including many in West Michigan – urging their
anti-begging ordinances be repealed.
Article here.
An Oct. 29 letter sent to the Ada Township attorney said: “We have
reviewed your city ordinance and understand it to read as follows: No
person shall: … Beg in any public place. …
“Ada Township’s ordinance, like the state law struck down in (the
Grand Rapids case), prohibits begging in public places and is therefore
unconstitutional on its face. We therefore advise you to repeal the
ordinance and to instruct your local law enforcement agency to stop
enforcing it immediately.”
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